The SEC’s Crypto Task Force: Mapping the Road Ahead

In a statement entitled “The Journey Begins,” on February 4, 2025, US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) Commissioner Hester Peirce provided new details regarding her thoughts on the agency’s evolving position on crypto. Commissioner Peirce is leading the SEC’s new Crypto Task Force (the “Task Force”), which she described as “want[ing] to travel to a destination where people have great freedom to experiment and build interesting things, and which will not be a haven…
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